Thursday, 19 January 2017

Reasons for Lowkey and Highkey Lighting

I used low-key and high-key lighting in order to reflect the moods of my protagonist and the situations in the trailer. For example, for positive situations I used high-key lighting to emphasise her joy, whereas in bad or uncertain situations I used lowkey lighting to portray her fear.

A Specific Example of where I used high-key lighting:

I used high-key lighting in the field scene where my protagonist is dressed up in medieval clothing 'flighting' with the boys. This is because it emphasises her happiness of the situation - she is feeling positive and is supported by the people around her.

I also used high-key lighting for the hospital waiting room scene, not to reflect my protagonists mood however, but to highlight the comedy of scene.

A Specific Example where I used low-key lighting:

I used low-key lighting during the 'prom scene' where my protagonists waters break. I used low-key lighting here as it portrayed her fear of the situation ahead - the future from now is unknown and going to be different to anything she's experienced before.

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